2002–03 Toto Cup Artzit

Toto Cup Artzit
Season	2002–03
Champions	Hapoel Ashkelon ; (2nd Title)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Toto Cup Artzit was the 4th time the cup was being contested as a competition for the third tier in the Israeli football league system.

The competition was won, for the second consecutive time, by Hapoel Ashkelon, who had beaten Hapoel Majd al-Krum 2–1 in the final with a golden goal during extra time.

Format change

The 12 Liga Artzit clubs were divided into two groups, each with six clubs, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter-finals.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams progressed to the Semifinals
Teams eliminated from the competition

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	10	4	4	2	19	17	+2	16
2	Hapoel Ashkelon	10	4	4	2	9	8	+1	16
3	Hapoel Bat Yam	10	2	7	1	11	8	+3	13
4	Hapoel Beit She'an	10	3	4	3	14	16	−2	13
5	Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv	10	3	2	5	15	15	0	11
6	Maccabi Ramat Amidar	10	2	3	5	13	17	−4	9

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away^[1]	BST	HAS	HBY	HBN	IKS	MRA
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv		0–1	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–0
Hapoel Ashkelon	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–4	2–2
Hapoel Bat Yam	1–1	0–0		0–0	3–0	1–0
Hapoel Beit She'an	4–3	1–0	1–1		2–2	3–2
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	2–3	0–0	3–3	1–1		1–0
Maccabi Ramat Amidar	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–3

Source: rsssf.com (in Hebrew)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

On 29 August 2002 Hakoah Ramat Gan was demoted to Liga Artzit and was replaced by Hapoel Tzafririm Holon.^[1] As a result, the two matches played by Hapoel Tzafririm Holon before the club was promoted were annulled.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hapoel Acre	10	5	4	1	20	11	+9	19
2	Hapoel Majd al-Krum	10	5	4	1	16	10	+6	19
3	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	10	4	3	3	16	17	−1	15
4	Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata	10	2	6	2	24	17	+7	12
5	Hakoah Ramat Gan	10	2	2	6	15	22	−7	8
6	Hapoel Kafr Sumei	10	1	3	6	11	25	−14	6

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away^[1]	HMR	HAC	HSU	HMJ	HRH	IKA
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan		1–1	3–1	0–3	1–2	4–3
Hapoel Acre	2–1		6–1	1–1	1–1	1–3
Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei	3–0	0–1		0–1	1–2	1–1
Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum	2–1	1–3	2–2		2–1	2–2
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	4–3	0–2	1–1	0–2		3–2
Maccabi Kiryat Ata	1–1	2–2	8–1	0–0	2–2

Source: rsssf.com (in Hebrew)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout Rounds

Semifinals

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Hapoel Ashkelon
Hapoel Acre	0–1	Hapoel Majd al-Krum

Final

25 March 2003

Hapoel Ashkelon	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Majd al-Krum
Elkayam 4' Taher 106' (o.g.)	Report	Saba'a 35'

Herzliya Municipal Stadium

References

↑ Officially: Hakoah R.G. in Artzit, Tzafririm to Replace It in Leumit Yuval Pais and Moshe Gozgal, 29 August 2002, Ynet (in Hebrew)

External links

Israel Cups 2002/03 RSSSF

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[krmg-1] Officially: Hakoah R.G. in Artzit, Tzafririm to Replace It in Leumit Yuval Pais and Moshe Gozgal, 29 August 2002, Ynet (in Hebrew)

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